“Early on we didn’t get our pitches to hit,” Beasley said. “We swung early but we didn’t swing at hitter's pitches and we allowed (P.J. Walters) to work deep in the ball game.”

Rochester starting pitcher Walters made short work of the Chiefs (8-13) with 6 2/3 strong innings.

The Chiefs scored 20 runs in the first three games of the series against the Red Wings (8-14) although they didn’t have much to show for their efforts, winning only once in the four-game set.

The pitching of Syracuse starter Ryan Perry was good enough to keep the game close, but the offense of the Chiefs was not able to capitalize with only six hits.

The Red Wings’ Joe Benson was arguably the biggest pain for the Chiefs. He homered in the fifth, breaking a scoreless tie. Benson also tripled in the ninth and ended up coming in for the score from a passed ball by the Chiefs’ Jeff Howell.

The Chiefs seem to be working with a different lineup each night due to injuries.

“We had a couple key guys out,” Beasley said. “Waiting for (Corey) Brown to come back so we don’t necessarily have the same offensive group that we’ve had to start the season, so we’re trying to just keep ourselves at bay until everyone can get healthy.”

The Chiefs, who were not able to get into a rhythm the entire night, showed signs of life in the ninth as Jimmy Van Ostrand scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Rivero to cut the lead to 4-2. But Mike Costanzo was caught looking on a breaking ball for strike three to end the game.

“Late in the game we were down and made a little push, but there’s just nights where offensively where you’re not going to get hits,” Beasley said.

The Chiefs look to rebound with the start of a four-game against the Durham Bulls at 7 p.m. Saturday at NBT Bank Stadium.